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THE LIGHT OF TRUTH 























































































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THE LIGHT OF 
TRUTH 


ELLA E. AND MARY A. DODSON 


NEW YORK 
BARSE & HOPKINS 
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B Y its upward struggles, 
the fountain creates its 
own beauty. 

A LL nature joins in one 
glad song. 

T HE successful man is the 
one who has conquered 
failure. 






























D ecisions oft from 

complications rise. 


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G UIDE your thought 
aright at first and after¬ 
wards it will guide you. 


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TTENTION leads to 
mastery. 


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T heoretical reli¬ 
gion is good; Practical 
religion is better; but Spirit¬ 
ual religion, a combination of 
both of these, is best of all. 






































A 


owner. 



PERVERSE tongue 
most provokes its 


W HEN a man has 
learned to think the 
good, he has aroused his spirits 
—for it is out of the spirit that 
all good thoughts come. 



















Y OUR present character 
is the result of your past 
thinking, and your character 
to-morrow will be the result 
of what you now allow to 
enter your mind. 


T H E busiest moments 
are often the silent 
moments. 


M EASURE yourself to¬ 
day and see how near 
you reach to your highest 
thought. 


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N OT by changing things 
do we achieve success, 
but by changing ourselves. 
Success is within us. 


A VIEW which is too nar¬ 
row makes the mind 
near-sighted. 


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E truly desire only that 
for which we are will¬ 



ing to make some sacrifice. 


HAT only which the 



X mind takes into con¬ 
sciousness is part of its world. 
That of which we do not think 
has no existence for us, and as 
far as we are concerned, is 
non-existent. All the out¬ 
side world is related to the 
thinker by thought—and in 
no other way. 


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E ARTH’S conflicts— 
Heaven’s conquests. 


N ARROW and shallow 
together go; 

To the narrow-minded—Woe! 
Woe!! Woe!!! 

D O you do as much for 
yourself as you expect 
others to do for you? 


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T RUTH is the fairest of 
all the daughters of 
earth! 

Noble and grand is she—pa¬ 
tient and loving. 

When her fair face I see 
Clothed in sweet mystery, 

I feel the reason that is knowl¬ 
edge proving. 


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W E do not take tramps 
into the best room in 
the house. 

Why then should we give 
tramp-thoughts a lodging in 
the mind? 


T HE weight of the argu¬ 
ment is on the side of 

right. 


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D READ anything strong¬ 
ly enough and you will 
get more than there is of it. 


H OW intelligently to con¬ 
trol the great thought- 
forces for our own good and 
for that of others is the chief 
problem of life. 


G OD made the world and 
you. He put you where 
you are. Must it not be ex¬ 
actly the right place for you? 



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A LL through the Shallows 
of Space and of Time, 
Filled with dim specters and 
many a wraith, 

Rolls the deep Ocean of Life 
sublime— 

Bound by naught else than 
the tides of Faith. 

Between shores of the “Past,” 
and “What-is-to-come,” 
Unvexed by the question 
“How”? 

While storms of the Present 
rage and foam, 

Calm lies the eternal “Now.” 

Crystal-clear, tho’ clothed in 
the mystic pall 
Of its riddle—“Where and 
There,” 


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The great changeless Sub¬ 
stance transforms all 

Into ever-present “Here.” 

From depths, and heights, 
and breadths of its own, 

The same Spirit hovers above; 

Ever out from itself and back 
to itself, 

Flows an Ocean of Infinite 
Love. 

Unmindful of aught, save 
that consciousness dawns, 

And that true Wisdom’s light 
shines again, 

From the Spirit of all—in 
Life and in Death 

Sounds one grand “Hallelu¬ 
jah, Amen!” 

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s 

tion. 


UBSTITUTION is the 
shortest road to annihila- 


D O not quarrel with your 
looking-glass for show¬ 
ing you an ugly face—but 
change your thoughts and you 
will marvel at the new reflec¬ 
tion. 


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A 

body. 


NON-RESISTANT 

mind makes a resistant 


W ONDERFUL are the 
lessons that even the 
horrible examples teach! 


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AITH is the greatest in¬ 
surance against doubt. 


A PAIR of disconsolate 
twins— 

Ill-will and Worry! 


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W ON’T you forgive me? 

I can’t. I wronged 
you too greatly. 


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EAR-THOUGHTS fly, 
With cheer-thoughts 
nigh. 


S uspicion bade me 

strike the match, 

To see if it were good: 

It stood the test—hut left me 
with 

A piece of burnt, charred 
wood. 


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H ABIT is a great time- 
saver. Let us, then, 
form the habit of thinking 
good, so that we may do so un¬ 
consciously, and as easily as 
we pick up a pin or walk about 
the room. 

















T HE Rose wears scarlet on 
her breast; 

The Lily is clothed in white: 
In its own perfection each is 
dressed, 

And nourished by the 
Light. 


T HOUGH seemingly so 
far away, success is 
here, within the reach of every 
man. 


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T HE Infinite formless in 
the Infinite form; 

The Changeless Soul of all 
the changing worlds; 
The Living Life—from which 
all life is born; 

Vast Power that all the uni¬ 
verse unfurls: 

Maker and what is made, 
Might of both great 
and small, 

Great Love within the law— 
God—All in All! 


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E VERY impulse, even the 
unfelt, has its effect. 


H abitual acts become 

automatic. 

T O the mind’s eye the pic¬ 
ture of a thing dreaded is 
often the most vivid of all 
its images. Intense emotion 
heightens the coloring, but in¬ 
tense substitution will efface 
all. 


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I MMORTAL heroes of all 
time 

Inspire to be, to do; 
Enriching thought and life 
sublime, 

They live the True. 

Blazing with light 

Caught from the fires of 
Heaven, 

All Ye who know! 
Peerlessly glow! 

One long, eternal day— 
Through weeks, months, years 
—that shall not pass 
away! 


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T HE senses make us think; 
Thinking makes us 
know; 

Knowing makes us be: 

Three steps to four, 

And there we soar, 

Forever, and forevermore! 


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I MMORTAL privilege— 
To think of love and 
truth! 


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I F you are not a genius in 
the common acceptation of 
the term, you can become one 
in its true significance. 




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T HE ashes of burnt-out 
desires blind the eyes of 
happiness. 




S PEAK bravely to temp¬ 
tations and watch them 
slink away. 


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•m^sssomim 


T HE true self is reflected 
in the mirror of action. 




W HAT have you ac¬ 
complished in the last 
year? 

How much have you grown 
in the last year? 

How many have you helped 
in the last year? 

Of what have you thought in 
the last year? 



































































A CHEERFUL disposi¬ 
tion may be acquired by 
the practice of optimism. 



W HENCE the impulse 
to do that of which we 
have been thinking? From 
the mental image which con¬ 
tains a tendency toward that 
action. 






































T HE Spirit of Good was 
asked, 

“How many wilt thou win?” 
“One, only one, is all I 
seek,” he said. 

The questioner saw a multi¬ 
tude go in, 

Amazed, he cried, “You 
asked for one, instead!” 
The Spirit answered, “What 
I did was best. 

I got but one, and he led all 
the rest.” 



















T HE start upward is al¬ 
ways from below. 




T HE delicate colorings of 
the rainbow in the sky 
show after rains, but the bril¬ 
liant hues of moderation, the 
rainbow of the earth, show 
most during showers. 













































R AGE! Ye fierce storms 
of passion! 

And blow! Ye gusts of 
pride! 

Unharmed, the hark of 
knowledge 

Through all will safely glide! 

U NLESS we can see our 
own ignorance, we may 
be sure that we have not the 
light of knowledge. 


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A lways, always, 

ways, always, 

Creation sings her songs of 
praise. 




N OT until we understand 
greatness, can we hope 
to imitate it. 


















I N the sub-conscious realm, 
the great store-house of 
energy, are forces so great— 
they seem miraculous. 




VERY reality is an in¬ 
finity. 




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S ELF-composure rests on 
self-control. Self-con¬ 
trol is the faculty of capturing 
the wandering attention and 
holding it to any desired sub¬ 
ject. By exercising for a few 
moments each day, much can 
be done toward the develop¬ 
ment of this faculty. 

Force the mind to concen¬ 
trate; insist on continued at¬ 
tention to some one idea. At 
first, this will be hard. It will 
be harder than walking on hot 
coals, but after a short time it 
will become easier, and after 


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you have cultivated the power 
—no money in the world could 
buy it from you. 

This is it, which enables you 
to hold only suggestions which 
are profitable, and to dismiss 
those which are not. 

This it is, which enables you 
to determine your thought, 
and it is your thought which 
determines your actions and 
your life. 

This it is, which enables you 
to be what you will—master of 
your own destiny—completely 
under your own control. 


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B Y dwelling on virtue, the 
mind is exalted. 


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W ITHIN each of us is 
enough dynamic force 
to move the world. 


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P rinciple strengthens 

action, and action in turn 
strengthens principle. 


T IRED of its dull life, the 
acorn transforms itself 
into an oak. 


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E VIL is so dull, coarse, 
awkward and heavy, that 
I prefer the fine, ethereal 
good. 


W HY look above your 
head for what is at 
your hand? 


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I N the subliminal region are 
many treasures which the 
mind itself must bring away. 


AFFIRMATIONS 

1 AM enveloped in good and 
good is all around me. 
Nothing in all the world can 
harm me, except myself. 




















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ALMNESS is the at¬ 
mosphere of eternity. 


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W HILE looking about 
for an opportunity be 
careful that it does not fall at 
your feet unnoticed. 


T HE lark begins the day 
with song. 










































HOW TO SUCCEED 


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S IFT out a definite plan. 

Flavor with optimism 
and expectancy. 

Stir in plenty of persistency. 
Mix with perseverance to 
the consistency of enthusiasm. 

Raise with patience and 
hope. After cooling, serve 
with the moderation of sound 
judgment. 


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4 4?rTlIS snowing,” said 
X the Pessimist, 

4 ‘The day is cold and drear; 

The summer days are gone for 
good, 

And winter bleak is here.” 

“The wind howls with a 
mournful sound, 

And blows about at will; 

The fire is out, the room is 
cold, 

The draughts are piercing 
chill!” 

“This afternoon, the sun will 
shine,” 

The Optimist replied, 

“Pm sure the weather will be 
fine, 

By signs—old, true and tried.” 

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“ ’Tis shining now! While we 
have talked, 

The sun peeps out again: 

Thus troubles seldom longer 
last 

Than while we speak of them.” 

Those who eclipse the bright 
to-day 

With thoughts of dark to-mor¬ 
rows, 

Live through their gloomy 
weather twice, 

And double thus their sorrows. 

As a man thinks —The clouds, 
the sun, 

Are creatures of his mind. 

The meaning we put into life, 
Is that which we shall find . 

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JHE candle of truth makes 
daylight out of night. 


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LL men work for him 
who works for himself. 


F ILL your consciousness 
so full that when the 
mind’s eye looks out it will see 
a broad horizon. 

















L ET us think only of what 
we wish expressed in our 

lives. 


H APPY is he who has left 
the marshes of indeci¬ 
sion, and has started on the 
sound road to success. 

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W HAT a good exchange! 

To let go anger, and, 
in its stead—to gain content¬ 
ment—Peace! 


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E VERY mental image 
produces a physical 
change either of form or ac¬ 
tion, in proportion to the in¬ 
tensity of the one image and 
the exclusion of all others. 

Why, then, do so many 
thoughts not result in action, 
and why is the result so often 
the opposite of that hoped for? 

Because other ideas are 
allowed to enter the mind and 
because there is a certain 
modification caused by former 
thoughts which are still being 















































expressed. The fear of what 
we dread is sometimes much 
more intense than the desire 
for what we wish, and the 
manifestation follows the line 
of most intensity. 

That the expression must 
follow if the thought be firmly 
grounded and if nothing con¬ 
tradictory be allowed to enter 
the mind—is the great law of 
thought. 















































C HAMELEON - LIKE, 
we too often take color 
from our environment. 


T HE man who does more 
than is expected will get 
more than he expects. 


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T OIL—God’s sweet mes¬ 
senger of rest! 

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D IRECT your strongest 
forces against your own 

self. 

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H OW far can mind travel 
until its limit is reached? 
Only back to the self. 


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W HO is the gossip, the 
envious speaker, the 
fault-finder? 

He is the unscientific per¬ 
son. 


T hought, win and ac¬ 
tion move in a circle. 
Thought determines will— 
will determines thought—and 
both determine action. 


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M ORE power to him who 
uses power most. 


R ULES are for the ap¬ 
prentice—the skilled 

workman puts in fancy 
touches of his own, and this 
is the chief charm of his work. 
The finished dancer ignoring 
the count weaves in his fancy 
steps, while the amateur plods 
wearily along counting his 
“one, two, three”—“one, two, 
three.” 

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1 RAISE the cup of sorrow 
to my lips, 

And as I drink, the bottom 
do I see; 

No dregs are there but in their 
stead I find, 

For every sip, a victory for 
me. 

O cup of love in grief that 
needs be thus! 

For worlds I would not 
once refuse to drain; 
The love that bids me drink, 
hath made me sure 
That in thee emptied, hap¬ 
piness I gain. 


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O NCE there was a little 
boy named Now-Here 
who played with another little 
boy named Then-There. Now- 
Here was the leader in every 
game they played because 
Then-There was always wait¬ 
ing until some other time, or 
until he might be at some 
other place. “By and by” he 
would say, “I shall try—not 
now, and there I am sure I’ll 
succeed—not here.” 

Then-There’s philosophy 
was very unsatisfactory, how¬ 
ever, in after years when his 
success became, like him, then 
and there, on account of the 
habit he had formed of not 
doing his best, now and here. 

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S TOP worrying and go to 
work. 


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H OW still is the voice of 
patience when com¬ 
pared to the thunder of anger! 


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T HE smoldering fires— 
disappointment and 
sadness,— 

Fanned by desire into sorrow 
and madness,— 
Touched by deep thought 
and spirituality,— 
Rise, phoenix-like, into joy 
and gladness. 


T HE substitution of Jus¬ 
tice is the surest cure for 
Injustice. 




















O NE grasp of the hand, a 
strong, cheerful word— 
calls a man back even when 
he is past his own recognition. 




T HE perfection of the 
finite is due to the fact 
that it is a fragment of the 
Infinite. 


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ONDUCT is determined 



by the controlling idea. 


A PERSON who can un¬ 
derstand that one thing 
is true, and that in certain cir¬ 
cumstances its opposite is 
equally true, is beginning to 
understand the inner meaning 
of life. 


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HAT! Weigh bricks 
with a chemist’s bal- 


T HE dignity of self-con¬ 
trol— 

The pomp of power— 

The glory of the mind. 


T HE highest scientific 
thought sometimes fol¬ 
lows the deepest dissatisfac¬ 
tion. 


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T HE dawn disperses the 
darkness of night, 

By filling all nooks and 
corners with light; 
And so man destroys hate, 
envy, and dread, 

When he thinks only of love 
in their stead. 


W ORK and rest are 
bound together, and 
you cannot have one without 
the other. Without work 
there can be no true rest; with¬ 
out rest, no true work. 




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T HOUGHT is the shib¬ 
boleth of character. 


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H! why do we not study 
to know? 


T HE tiniest flame knowing 
its source rises to meet 
the sun. 



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W HAT a pleasant place 
is the Mental Land— 
With its wondrous Prince, 
and his zealous Band! 
They pierce to the heart of 
mystery; 

They ride on the waves of 
the stormy sea; 

To them no matter, or wealth, 
or fame, 

Or calm, or storm, it is all 
the same! 


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T HE fact that others err 
does not excuse you. 


T HE smallest grain of 
sand is one with the 
greatest planet through gravi¬ 
tation. The insignificant man 
is joined by life to all that is. 













































THE PARABLE OF 
THE THREE SONS 

A CERTAIN ruler had 
three sons, to whom he 
gave an equal amount of work 
—promising a large reward to 
each should this be finished at 
a given time. 

The eldest, eager to please 
his father, spent all the time 
at his task—scarcely permit¬ 
ting himself to eat or sleep. 

The second carefully laid 
his plans, allowing an equal 
number of hours for work and 
rest. 

The youngest son carelessly 
neglected to begin until so late 
that he was compelled to turn 
in his work hardly begun. 

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The eldest was surprised to 
find that after so much stren¬ 
uous labor, his share was but 
half done, while the second 
brother who had so leisurely 
gone about his task had fin¬ 
ished before the time was up. 




















T HE strongest argument 
for the power of thought 
is an observation of its results. 


R apture is not 

song of possession 
the chant of conquest. 


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but 


O H! if we could only wait 
awhile and think—how 
differently we should some¬ 
times act! 

























RE you 

Thankful in adversity? 
Trustful in perplexity? 
Patient in prosperity? 


F OR every moment of un¬ 
derstanding there are 
aeons of happiness. 


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W HAT a small thing 
changes futility into 

utility. 


4 4 ROSY light! of what 
W dost tell?” 

“That war is peace and ill is 
well; 

That heaven is love, and hate 
is hell: 

Of light and shadow, this I 
tell.” 


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T HROUGH what a wind¬ 
ing course must the little 
dewdrop find its way back to 
the great ocean! 


W HY call that impossi¬ 
ble because you do not 
understand it? 


T HE pinnacle of ignorance 
—Pretense! 



































T OO much form is tire¬ 
some and offends the 
aesthetic sense. Regularity 
must at times be tempered 
with lawful irregularity, if we 
would please. Too settled a 
manner is suspiciously indica¬ 
tive of lack of thought. Blank 
verse, the truest of all poetry 
is to all without rhyme and to 
many even without reason. 


D O not expect to calm the 
storms without, until 
you can manage those within. 

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Q uestion, what is 

the sign of a good life? 
Ans. Good works. 

Ques. What are good works ? 
Ans. Those done for the sake 
of love. 


C ULTIVATE the power 
to see only the essentials. 


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T HE thought of the means 
of obtaining it follows 
the thought of what we would 
obtain. 


N OTHING can influence 
our ideas—as long as we 
refuse its entrance. 


T HAT the mind is so con¬ 
stituted and that thought 
is possible, is a miracle. 


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W HAT precision! What 
despatch! After the 
definite idea has been formed! 


I HE reign of evil is ended 
when good is enthroned. 


’ AMMER away until the 
. work is finished. 


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W HAT if you haven’t 
had opportunities? 
Your accomplishment will be 
all the greater. 




U NTO all doth wisdom 
call. 


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B oasting of good qual¬ 
ities best proves a lack 
of them. 

I F you are unhappy and 
think you are happy, you 
will be happy even though you 
are unhappy; but if you are 
happy and think you are un- 
happy, you will be unhappy 
although you are happy. 


W HO lives without aim 
Can win little fame. 


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A FOOL can change the 
shape of his nose, 

The color of his eyes, the num¬ 
ber of his toes, 

More quickly than he can 
mend his ways, 

So tightly around him old 
habit stays. 


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M IND unfolds like the 
petals of a flower—as 
naturally—and as surely. 

E VERY time that you 
wrong another, you 
wrong two persons—yourself 
and him. 


A ll consciousness is a 
predication. 


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W HAT a man is deter¬ 
mines the value of 
what he has . 


W HEN you think mean¬ 
ly of any one, you 
form a mean picture of that 
person, and that mean picture 
stamps itself on your own 
face. 


























E xpression must 

keep pace with thought 
for the expression is the 
thought. 


JOO much talk weakens 
action. 


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ONSCIENCE —the 
Judge in all our hearts! 


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OW that is done. See 
what will happen next. 


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OU hold the idea—It 
works itself out. 


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